The Love of a Lycan

Raphael watched intensely as the healer bandaged Lana's right arm as he held her other hand.

"How is she?" the Beta asked grimly. His eyes were still the color of the night sky as he couldn't content his anger upon seeing Lana's pale face. If the silver stabbed her in a vital part, he would have already lost her by now.

"I am all right," Lana tried to soothe Raphael's anxiety, but no amount of words could ease his tense feelings now.

"She will be fine after two days of rest," the healer said after she finished tying up the bandage and let Lana lay back down. "Her healing ability will help, but since it is silver, it will take some time. You just have to pay attention not to get the wound wet."

"Thank you," Raphael murmured, yet his eyes didn't leave Lana's face. "I think Serefina will need you in the king's tower."

"Right. I will leave you now," the healer said and cleaned up her things before she left the room while saying; ���Just call me if you need something."

"Sure," Raphael replied absentmindedly before he heard the sound of the door being closed. "I will get you some water."

They were inside a room in the old tower, the same room to where Theo was sent for treatment the first time he was found struggling to keep his life after being attacked by his fellow generals and the shadow warrior.

The castle didn't place much concern on equipping a nursing place like this since all the shifters have their own innate abilities to heal themselves and didn't need a healer's assistance most of the time.

"Here." Raphael come back with a glass of warm water and helped Lana to sit down, so she wouldn't choke.

"They are really traitors," Lana sighed deeply after she finished half of her water.

"I shouldn't have left you alone," Raphael said regretfully and put down the glass on the table. He then laid down next to her and was careful enough not to touch her wounds while Lana snuggled into his chest. This bed was big enough to accommodate the two of them.

"It's okay, you don't know." Lana nuzzled his neck and closed her eyes, feeling tired. "I am glad you made it in time." She couldn't imagine what would have happened to her if Kyle got her before Raphael could.

They only found each other a few weeks before and blessed with love that they deserved, if something happened, it would be a nightmare for both of them.

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Serefina went back to Theo's room, where she left Rowan with Theo.

The general was unconscious after Serefina smashed his head against the wall really hard until she could hear his cracking skull the moment he said Lana was in danger. The witch just hoped it wouldn't damage his brain. It would be bothersome if he turned mentally disabled.

When Serefina comeback to the room, Rowan was still lying on the ground with blood pooled beneath his head, but the rhythmic rise and fall of his chest indicated that he was still alive and that was all that mattered for now.

Serefina strode across the room and found that Theo was struggling to sit down, but the witch pushed him back firmly. "You need to rest," she said. "The healer will be here soon."

The dead body of Kyle had been taken care of and now, perhaps the word about this attack had reached Jedrek. And as for Rowan, she would let the lycans decide what they would do to him.

"Can you talk?" Serefina asked Theo, but he slightly shook his head.

Theo had been trying to talk ever since he woke up, yet he couldn't even produce any kind of sound let alone words. Perhaps, it was because of his wound. He needed to rest a bit longer…

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"Hoam!" Calleb yawned. He felt very boring, following the two guardian angels who always chatted away their time inside the library.

Hope found this place and took Raine here, and because Torak and Kace were not here at the moment, it was Calleb's new job to baby sit the two of them.

"You can read a book," Raine giggled when she saw how Calleb wouldn't stop scratching his head and wiped away his tears from yawning too much.

"Me and books don't have any chemistry," Calleb stood up and stretched his body to ease his tense muscles. "Can we go to some other place that would be less boring than this?"

"I don't feel boring here," Hope said cheerfully, flipping every single book that she could reach.

"Me too," Raine chimed in, of course it was only to tease Calleb.

"Ugh! Where is Raphael?" Calleb groaned. The Beta was with him earlier, but he left hastily without saying a word.

At the same time, Calleb saw a guard entering the library and approached him, he talked in low voice to him that couldn't be heard by Raine and Hope, but from the changing of Calleb's expression when he heard whatever the guard had said, Raine was sure that it was not good news.

"What happened?" Raine walked closer to him.

"Lana is injured," he said.

"What?" Hope put down the book hastily and ran over. "What did you say? How could Lana get injured?"

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"Jedrek, I think we need to go to the east," Lilac approached Jedrek and touched his tense shoulder.

A guard just came with a report from Tordoff and Killian. There weren't any words in the envelop, but it was a secret message that Tordoff managed to deliver from the eastern region, where the eastern coven of the spell-casters located.

The envelope emitted red smoke when Jedrek burned it in the fireplace, a sign that whatever happening there, was not in their favor.

To put it simply, Tordoff and Killian were in danger.

"I will go after the ceremony," Jedrek said solemnly, but Lilac knew better that was just another one of his façades that he put on.

"We will go together," Lilac said calmly, she entwined their fingers.

Jedrek frowned and was about to reject her idea, he had planned to let her rule this place in his stead, but before he could voice out his protest, another guard entered the room and gave yet another shocking news to the couple.

"General Kyle has been killed by Raphael," he reported.